A lone militiaman patroling an unidentified location. When martial law was declared, it was announced that the military had been given orders to shoot looters or burglars on sight and that lawlessness would not be tolerated.

Date

undated [1914]

Subjects

Crime prevention; Marital law; Rubble

Repository

The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Format/Type

Photograph/JPEG

Negative Number

#32584

Date Digital

2008

Publication Rights

Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Reference Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.